What accounts for well-meaning teachers' lack of implementation of subject-matter reforms,
such as making one's classroom centered on problem solving, even when they positively …

Informed by decades of research and standards-based policies, there has been a growing
demand for high-quality teaching and learning in mathematics and science classrooms …

Americans have long recognized that investments in public education contribute to the
common good, enhancing national prosperity and supporting stable families …

There is increasing consensus among psycho-educational scholars about argumentation as
a means to improve student knowledge and understanding of subject matter. In this article …

The terms inquiry-based learning and inquiry-based education have appeared with
increasing frequency in educational policy and curriculum documents related to …

Noting that classroom communication is a central issue in school systems, because spoken
language is the medium by which much teaching takes place, this book investigates …

This study uses a national probability sample of 1,027 mathematics and science teachers to
provide the first large-scale empirical comparison of effects of different characteristics of …

This article is a sequel to the conversation on learning initiated by the editors of Educational
Researcher in volume 25, number 4. The author's first aim is to elicit the metaphors for …

Cover--Half-title--Title page--Copyright--Dedication--Table of contents--List of Tables and
Figures--Tables--Figures--Foreword--Preface--References--Acknowledgements--1 …

We begin with the following claim: The nature of classroom mathematics teaching
significantly affects the nature and level of students' learning. Such a claim seems obvious …